Virginia may be home to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the FBI National Academy, but it could also soon be home to some of the toughest regulations on local law enforcement use of surveillance technologies.
All lawmakers need to do is stand up to...

EFF has signed on to a joint letter with more than 100 organizations and individuals to urge Canadian members of parliament to vote against Canada's anti-terror legislation, Bill C-51. The reckless bill contains vague language and proposes broad, unchecked surveillance powers that threaten the right to privacy...

EFF, Tony Arcieri, Justin Culbertson, Whitney Merrill, and Peter Teoh are excited to announce that we’ll be bringing the Crypto & Privacy Village to the Tribeca Film Festival. The Crypto & Privacy Village is a place to pick up tips and tricks about computer...

Tras el rechazo unánime en la Cámara de Diputados del proyecto de retención de datos que obliga a los ISPs y telcos locales a almacenar por 12 meses los metadatos de las comunicaciones de todos los internautas en Paraguay, la difusión masiva de unas fanpages que divulgaban materiales de...

A coalition of 34 organizations from across the political spectrum is launching Fight215.org today to help concerned individuals contact lawmakers and demand an end to NSA’s unconstitutional mass surveillance under the Patriot Act.
The launch coincides with the countdown to the expiration of Section 215 of the...

We've filed a new lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on behalf our client, Human Rights Watch (HRW), to challenge the DEA’s untargeted collection of billions of international calling records over the course of more than two decades. You may have seen a wonderfully ...

On the morning of April 1st, the White House issued a new executive order (EO) that asserts that malicious “cyber-enabled activities” are a national threat, declares a national emergency, and establishes sanctions and other consequences for individuals and entities. While computer and information security is certainly very important, this...